My high school classmates loved to hate the football-playing, cheerleading prom couple. Given that sentiment, a universal one if you believe teenage movies, I didn’t understand why those same peopleContinueContinue reading “Love Note to A Diverse World, Part I”
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Reflections and Recipes
By Abbey Menza, Recipes by Luke Davin Tenderfoot uses creative ways to cut down on food waste by incorporating sustainable eating practices and food waste protocols. Co-founders Lindsey Rudibaugh andContinueContinue reading “Reflections and Recipes”
New Meals, New Friends and New Experiences
By 2025 Marketer-in-Residence Abbey Menza. She is a rising senior studying journalism strategic communications at Ohio University. Tenderfoot Learning Lab fosters an environment for new experiences and introduces ways toContinueContinue reading “New Meals, New Friends and New Experiences”
The Tenderfoot Vibe
Jared Christopher, Ohio University ’24, joined our 2024 internship cohort as our Marketer-in-Residence. In addition to working on a marketing plan and press releases, he spent a lot of timeContinueContinue reading “The Tenderfoot Vibe”
We Don’t Talk About Doom, No No No No
Lately, my social media algorithms are showing me a new theme: college students talking about teachers and classes that transformed their passion for environmental activism into anxiety, fear, and apathy.ContinueContinue reading “We Don’t Talk About Doom, No No No No”
Re-Entry Pains
by Lindsey Rudibaugh. This is a post I wrote after completing the Appalachian Trail but never published. News of aspiring thru-hikers hitting the trail this month has me feeling anContinueContinue reading “Re-Entry Pains”
Harvesting What We Sow
by Travis Harding, first published as a guest article in the Athens Messenger’s Our Home column “The natural world does not ask us to be experts or to be enlightenedContinueContinue reading “Harvesting What We Sow”
No Justice, No Sustainability
A local organic farmer, Ed Perkins of Sassafras Farm, invited us to write a guest article for his sustainability column in the Athens Messenger. The following is an adaptation ofContinueContinue reading “No Justice, No Sustainability”
Purple for the People!
My high school commencement speaker told my graduating class that high school was the last time in our lives when we’d spend so much time co-mingling with people from everyContinueContinue reading “Purple for the People!”
Falling Down Is For Everyone
by Lindsey Rudibaugh When you fall down in the woods, you get dirt and twigs in unfortunate places. It makes you angry. It leaves you bruised, scraped up, embarrassed. FeelingContinueContinue reading “Falling Down Is For Everyone”